By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Ontario residents are fortunate to have access to fresh and clean drinking water. In total, 99.8 per cent of municipal residential drinking water system samples met the province’s strict quality standards, recent test results released by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks showed.
By Lauren Arva
Monitoring indoor crops could become a lot easier for producers, thanks to technological advances in the ag industry.
By Jim Algie
Better Farming
Full details should be available within “the next couple of months” about a new system of cross-subsidization by natural gas ratepayers for expanded rural services, said Monte McNaughton, the province’s minister of infrastructure, in a Better Farming interview.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Through the Canadian Farmers with Disabilities Registry (CFWDR), a registered charity, program coordinators connect recently injured or disabled farmers with other producers who have experienced similar life-changing events.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Ontario producers can access a range of government programs to help finance improvements to their operations.
David Przednowek, CN’s director of grain marketing, looks to the future of the supply chain. He stresses the increasing efficiency of rail but highlights the seasonal nature of grain transportation, and the cost and volume pressures on this infrastructure.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Farms.com
John Mason stays busy year-round with his construction company, marathon training and coaching – in addition to working on his family’s beef farm.
His parents Martin and Liz own a 100-acre farm in Oxford County. John has a few cows on the farm and puts in some sweat equity.
By Jim Algie
Better Farming
Oxford County has adopted plans to achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 for eight municipalities within this mainly rural and heavily agricultural region.
By Lauren Arva
Staff Writer
Better Farming
The multi-variety technology for soybeans is fundamentally sound, says Andrew Klopfenstein, senior research associate engineer at Ohio State University.
“We’ve had very few mechanical issues with any of the technology we’ve tested,” he says to Better Farming. “There’s tons of potential.”
The process of multi-variety planting for soybeans is very similar to that of corn, he explains.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Canadian livestock producers are caught in the crossfire of ongoing trade disputes between the United States and some of its trading partners.
Producers are forced “to make business decisions on how they manage their operations and act accordingly,” said Keith Currie, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.